I know it was to do with the falklands and it was our isles but what kicked it all off?
2006-07-01 12:44:39 · 16 answers · asked by karlos 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
the Argentines had for many years wanted the Falkland Islands back, in the late 1970s they were going to try but the then Prime Minister heard about it and made sure there were ship there, so the Argentine forces turned back.
A few years later Argentinians (officially they were called scientists I believe) invaded the Islands. Thatcher, the then prime minister felt the Falklands were strategically important enough to go to war over.
After the war, she refused to allow injured soldiers to join marches and she also called an election which she won because she had just beaten Argentina.
2006-07-04 02:16:31 · answer #1 · answered by arnoldlayne_uk1980 2 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Argentina claimed it was their isle....
The war was triggered by the occupation of South Georgia by Argentine forces on 19 March 1982 followed by the occupation of the Falklands, and ended with Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982. War was not declared by either side, and there was no military activity outside the islands; the conflict was considered by Argentina as reoccupation of its own territory, and by Britain as an invasion of a British dependency.
2006-07-01 12:50:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Argentina at the time was ruled by a dictator who was loosing public support rapidly. He assumed, as Bush did, that by starting a war he could move attention away from his failings and inspire a sense of national pride. The Argentinian army then invaded the Falklands, and fought a very unsuccessful campaign to retain it under her flag. They were defeated by British forces, mostly comprising the Scots Guards, Parachute Regiment, and Marines.
By the way, great posts Mandy and Superstar!! far more accurate than my babbling...oh well im just a stupid old squadie!
2006-07-01 12:53:30 · answer #3 · answered by reality check 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the Falkland Islands are British Territory. Argentina claim them as theirs and invaded. They would not have been able to do so if they had been better defended. It might be argued that Margeret Thatcher allowed the invasion to provoke a war to bring her back up in the polls where she was very low at the time.
2006-07-01 13:06:33 · answer #4 · answered by malcy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the Malvinas islands have been in dispute for a very long time. The military in Argentina were having a hard time with inside problems and they did what other rulers have done before, try to distract the people with the banner of national pride. The problem is that it is a one way road. Once you begin, you must win, or you go to total disaster, which was what happened. The british went to fight for the Malvinas and they won
2006-07-03 13:33:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A clear breach of international law and the illegal invasion and occupation of the Falkland Islands. Since the inhabitants of the islands wished to be ruled by Britain, they were also protected by the UN declaration of self-determination.
There was no alternative but to mount a military operation with the task to liberate the islands from their illegal occupiers.
2006-07-02 01:09:46 · answer #6 · answered by Sean F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To Maggie in power and to keep our sovereingty over the Falkland Isles and besides which it is a staging point for oil not a million miles away in the south pole.
2006-07-01 15:00:42 · answer #7 · answered by andrew776128 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The argentinians used to hold The Falklands until 1833. They used it rather like we did Australia, as a place to put the undesirable elements of society . Criminals. Murderers and Rapists.
After some time, the Argentinians decided that the soil was unproductive so they abandoned their prisoners and left them to rot.
Eventually in 1833 sometime, The BRITISH discovered The Falklands and decided to inhabit them. The first British man there, the new Govenor was actually murdered by one of the exisiting abandoned Argentinian nationals so another British Admiral turned up and got everything in order. Britain cultivated the land, put sheep on it and made it productive. They then discovered and oil field around The Falklands.
SUDDENLY 150 years later, The JUNTA , the ruling Argentinian dictatorship said "we want that place back now"
SO THAT IS WHY BRITAIN WENT TO WAR. TO SAVE HER PEOPLE FROM INVASION.
2006-07-01 12:51:51 · answer #8 · answered by super_star 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
answer (D) - The Falklands is the desirable answer. The Falkland Islands lie off the jap coast of Argentina, and Argentine sponsored up their declare for sovereignty by invading the islands. Britain despatched a naval interest pressure and were waiting to evict the Argentine military. This led on to the overthrow of the defense force junta in Argentina, and the rebirth of democracy there.
2016-11-30 03:00:59 · answer #9 · answered by navaro 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Magrod Thatcher was in town, and the Argentines swiped British territory... plus, there wasn't much on telly.
2006-07-01 12:57:52 · answer #10 · answered by hasina_ghani 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋